Articles by Heather Smith
Heather Smith (on Twitter, @strangerworks) is interested in the various ways that humans try to save the environment: past, present, and future.
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In Iowa, solar is fighting back against utilities and winning
A court ruling opens the way for a method of financing solar installation that customers like -- and utilities fear.
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Guess which two words can make your nonpartisan education reforms a hot potato?
Some states think that the new national standards for the science curriculum go way too far when it comes to teaching kids about climate change.
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Is the carbon bubble about to bust? One unlikely pundit thinks so
In the conservative Daily Telegraph, a business journalist warns the fossil fuel industry that solar is going to eat its lunch.
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Utilities to battery-powered solar: Get off our lawn
As utilities see how distributed solar, aided by new storage tech, can chip away at their monopolies (and profits), they're fighting back.